- Date
- September 5, 1983, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kasilof, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N88374Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830905045729A
- Case key
- 4055
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crashed in a vertical nose down attitude a short distance from the plt's private airstrip. According to relatives the plt was taking his girl friend's 2 children for a short flt. Investigation revealed the plt's last known medical certificate was dated 9/28/78. The annual inspection on the acft was overdue by 7 months. The type of fuel foundin the acft after the accident resembled automotive fuel in appearance and smell. A fuel analysis did not determine typeof fuel. A pathologist who examined the plt's body after the accident stated that the toxicology report showed a therapeutic level of diphenhydramine present. According to a doctor, this could have impaired the plt's judgement, vision and other sensory functions. There were no witnesses to this accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88374
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 773-74
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Royer A. Winch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1982 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- WINC · Kasilof, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.